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Dave took a sharp breath. "I mean, who the fuck doesn't want the world to be better." "Wanting the world to be better means you care about something. Wanting the world to be perfect is delusional. Going out to make it perfect by seizing the power of legendaries to rewrite reality is fucking...

Maybe if I’d— Did Koa think this was his fault somehow? That archetypal thing where children of divorced parents think they’re somehow responsible for their fights, but on steroids? Christ. “Look… when you say you want to save him, what’s that mean? You’re hoping to get him out of the Reverse...

Dave squinted at him. “Well, I don’t know about you, but to me ridding the world of imperfection sounds like a euphemism for fucking eugenics or something. If he didn’t mean it that way he really needs a better PR team.” Koa still looked miserable, staring downward. “I mean, wanting less...

Oh. Oh, shit. What the fuck. "Uh. Jesus, that's..." He paused. Koa was looking away like he wished he hadn't said it at all. "I mean, why did he want to rewrite reality? Soda had that whole warped justification about saving his partner from a universe he thought she was trapped in, and wanting...

...Right. That was called the Reverse World too. Should've connected that, even if his universe wasn't like Cibus otherwise. Not like it sounded like actually the same thing, but. "Well, if you say he got what he wanted, and he can't try to rewrite reality anymore, doesn't that mean everyone...

"So is that, uh, some kind of hell-dimension?" Christ. Was that why the kid was asking? The notion of infinite punishment for finite sins?

Legendaries. Of course. And this kid had previously insisted having legendaries was good actually? "Okay, Jesus. So Giratina, what, killed him?"

'Team Galactic'. Of course. Sure, why not. "Okay, so this guy wanted to rewrite the universe. I'm guessing the reason we're talking about him and not some other random nut is that he actually got somewhere with that? He get some weird powers like Soda or what?"

...Where exactly was he going with this. "I mean, we have cartoons featuring a 'Team Rocket'. Maybe there's a 'Team Magma' there too, I don't exactly pay that much attention to it. Our actual existing criminal organizations have less stupid names. Why?"

Dave narrowed his eyes at him. "Look, what are we really talking about here? Because it doesn't sound like it's Soda."

Dave peered at Koa. Were they still talking about Soda? "Redemption, I mean, what's that even mean? It's not like there's actually some grand cosmic ledger where once you've done X amount of good things you've officially made up for whatever bad things." He rubbed at his eye. How did he get...

Dave frowned. "I mean, none of this shit was really his fault to begin with. The Blacklight fucked with his head to the point of insanity." He shifted to push himself upright, placing his badge on the coffee table. "The God Squad gets it, though. Maple's going to get him to help out in Telum...

Dave raised an eyebrow. Didn’t Koa kind of hate Soda, or was he misremembering? “He’s all right. Now, anyway. Why?”

“Hey. What’s up?” Dave looked up from his badge. He was sprawled across the sofa, reading about Chip’s new laser technology. Kid looked troubled by something, like Jean after a day of her supposed-friends being particularly cruel to her. Jeez. What now?

Okay I lied one more Chip's Laser - Blacklight Boost: +1 Speed, +1 Def, +1 Res, +1 Eva, +1 Acc

Thank youuuuu for the art, Bluwii! Love those amazing expressions! :D Chapter 28 is finally here; apologies for it being a bit late. I've had no time to finish editing it over the past few days, until today. Get ready for some more Scyther, as well as a surprise return from an earlier bit...

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Several more hours of writing I've failed to log, a billion hours of art, uhhh Chip's Laser: Void Desperation - flinch 200 -> 300, add res -50, damage 160 -> fixed 911 Buy: - Pop's Grand Reviver Seed - Shield's Aegis Orb - Diyem's Abyssal Seed

It was all going to come down to Starr. Dave struggled to get his head straight, Blacklight buzzing in his veins. "Evasive maneuvers!" he barked, Mia's new energy rippling towards Starr. Hopefully that was enough for her to survive. And then, what, they'd have won a fucking fight? Against Soda...

The big guy was scared. Why'd they even roped him into this. Owen'd warned them Flesh couldn't be taken down the conventional way. He was preparing something Dave was going to bet they probably didn't want to be on the receiving end of. Was Soda ever going to talk to him again if he did what he...